Public bug reported: There seems to be a bug somewhere in [ kernel OR xorg OR nvidia proprietary driver ] in the display stack. After the laptop ( dell XPS L501X ) resumes from suspend there are wide black borders around all windows with close/minimize/maximize buttons blacked out.
[ image attached: black border on all windows ] It occurs inconsistently, as it doesn't happen every time the computer resumes. ( Slight possibility that it usually occurs after long suspend, i.e. resuming after long time ). ================================================================================= Also there seems to be certain amount of performance degradation as if the graphics driver was running at half-strength ( and I don't mean software-only rendering, neither do I mean switch over to nouveau open source driver ) The "nVidia X Server Settings" app suggests its in maximum performance mode. ================================================================================== Adhoc Workaround: switch display layout ( I have an external monitor/TV attached to HDMI port ) changing anything such as arrangement or resolution of the displays, etcetera... corrects the black border issue ( and also possibly performance issue ) This bug has been present in Ubuntu 14.04, 15.04, 15.10 and now in 16.04 as well. ( It was probably present before that as well ) ================================================================================== p.s. this is only partial duplicate of black border issue as the black borders appear on every window, not just windows with new header bars or client side decoration... ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.02.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:02:00.0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 361.42 Tue Mar 22 18:10:58 PDT 2016 GCC version: gcc version 5.3.1 20160413 (Ubuntu 5.3.1-14ubuntu2) .proc.driver.nvidia.warnings.fbdev: Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in corruption and stability problems, and is not supported. .tmp.unity_support_test.0: ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: [[0;32m OK [0m] Started LSB: Speech Dispatcher. CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Apr 28 18:43:37 2016 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: xenial DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: bbswitch, 0.8, 4.4.0-21-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-361, 361.42, 4.4.0-21-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [GeForce GT 435M] [10de:0df2] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell GF108M [GeForce GT 435M] [1028:046e] InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-23 (4 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS L501X ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-21-generic root=UUID=f657e606-ac2a-49cd-9f3e-fca6a315338d ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/26/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A08 dmi.board.name: 0J1VR3 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A08 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: A08 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA08:bd07/26/2011:svnDellInc.:pnXPSL501X:pvrA08:rvnDellInc.:rn0J1VR3:rvrA08:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA08: dmi.product.name: XPS L501X dmi.product.version: A08 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.2.0-1ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.2.0-1ubuntu2 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2 xserver.bootTime: Thu Apr 28 17:09:49 2016 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: xserver.version: 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2 ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 corruption ubuntu xenial ** Attachment added: "Black bordered windows after resume" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1576228/+attachment/4650176/+files/BUG%20Report%20-%20Screenshot%20from%202016-04-28%2018-42-04.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1576228 Title: Black borders around all windows To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1576228/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp